'''Vágar''' is an island in the [[Faroe Islands]], the island is also called Vága in combination with other words.

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==Villages==

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==Villages==

* [[Bøur]]

* [[Bøur]]

* [[Gásadalur]]

* [[Gásadalur]]

* '''Sandavágur''' - the first village reached with a bright red-roofed church.

* '''Sandavágur''' - the first village reached with a bright red-roofed church.

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* '''Miðvágur''' - right after Sandavágur

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* '''Miðvágur''' - between Sandavágur and Sørvágur. There is a War Museum there.

* '''Sørvágur''' - where the ferry runs to the bird island of Mykines.

* '''Sørvágur''' - where the ferry runs to the bird island of Mykines.

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[[Image:Sandavagur.jpg|thumb|Sandavágur]]

==Other destinations==

==Other destinations==

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'''Mykines''' - The westernmost island. It can be reached by boat from Sørvágur or by helicopter from the airport in Vágar or one of the helicopter places in Tórshavn, Suðuroy etc. Mykines is know for its puffins and charming village with turf roofed houses.

==Understand==

==Understand==

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==Stay safe==

==Stay safe==

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Call 112 in case of emergency. There are doctors in Vágar. After normal work hours people need to drive to Tórshavn, if they need medical help. The medical help phone after working hours is: 1870. It is the same for almost all of the country. The local doctor's phone in working hours Mon.-Friday is +298 332413.

==Get out==

==Get out==

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Revision as of 21:36, 25 August 2010

Sandavágur

Vágar is an island in the Faroe Islands, the island is also called Vága in combination with other words.

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Villages

Sandavágur - the first village reached with a bright red-roofed church.

Miðvágur - between Sandavágur and Sørvágur. There is a War Museum there.

Sørvágur - where the ferry runs to the bird island of Mykines.

Other destinations

Mykines - The westernmost island. It can be reached by boat from Sørvágur or by helicopter from the airport in Vágar or one of the helicopter places in Tórshavn, Suðuroy etc. Mykines is know for its puffins and charming village with turf roofed houses.

Understand

Talk

The Faroese language is descended from Old Norse but apparently only Icelandic offers mutual understanding with it. Visitors are advised never to assume that a place sounds like it is slelled and Vágar is pronounced something like Vau-er with au as in fraud.

Get in

Access from UK, Denmark, Norway and Iceland by air to Vagar Airport with Atlantic Airways, the Faroes own airline.
Motor vehicular access by undersea tunnel from Streymoy. Payment is only necessary one way, from Vagar to Streymoy, and must be made at any petrol filling station any time up to three days after travel.

Get around

See

Itineraries

Do

Eat

Drink

Stay safe

Call 112 in case of emergency. There are doctors in Vágar. After normal work hours people need to drive to Tórshavn, if they need medical help. The medical help phone after working hours is: 1870. It is the same for almost all of the country. The local doctor's phone in working hours Mon.-Friday is +298 332413.